Oct. 27 is Lasallian Day of Service, Make a Difference Day

Lasallian Day of Service, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27, is a day that allows SMU alumni to come together in the spirit of the Lasallian mission of service to others.

This year volunteer opportunities have been arranged in Chicago; the Twin Cities; Winona; Kansas City, Missouri; and in Denver, Colo.

Alumni are encouraged to organize their own service projects with fellow Saint Mary’s classmates and friends who reside in geographic areas outside these five locations.

In Winona, volunteers will work with Habitat for Humanity from 9 a.m. to noon doing construction and painting.

For more information, go to http://mysmumn.org/ldos2012.

This coincides with national Make a Difference Day. Saint Mary’s Volunteer Mentors is organizing students to work in the community between 9 a.m. and noon.

“Make a Difference Day” is the most encompassing national day of helping others, a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Created by USA WEEKEND magazine, this annual event takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October. For the fifth year, SMU is proud to join the millions of people throughout the nation who are participating.

For more information, call Chris McClead at Ext. 7268 or e-mail cmcclead@smumn.edu.